We had a round glass table in our kitchen which is not very kid-friendly. I was looking for a slightly bigger table where the kids would have more room to spread things out but also something durable. I found an oval oak table on Craig’s list and decided to stain it. Here are a few pictures. It seemed like a daunting task but I just got some ideas from Pinterest. People recommend General Finishes gel stain which I ordered from Amazon. I will post more pics later with the chairs as well. I didn’t have the energy to stain the chairs because they are farmhouse style chairs and I thought working around the spindles would just be too much. The chairs just got spray painted white.

I have been wanting to clean the grout between our kitchen tiles for the longest time. I saw some concoctions on Pinterest using baking soda and vinegar, some using hydrogen peroxide and some using ammonia! Yuck! I would prefer not to use ammonia just because of the smell. As you can imagine it seemed quite a tedious process so it’s no surprise I kept putting it off. Then I saw a pin using Resolve carpet cleaner. I decided to give it a try and it really worked. Just spray, wait 5 minutes and scrub with a brush. Wipe away with a cloth right after brushing. Although it would be nice to try the more natural approach using the baking soda but this is good if you want a quick remedy!

You know those beige corduroy covered cushions a lot of gliders have? Well I forgot to take a before picture but I got this glider from a garage sale and yes it had beige corduroy cushions. They were not too bad but a little beat up. I just picked up this scrap of material for another project but I used it for the glider instead. It’s not my favorite print but it will do for now.

Oh and I almost forgot the most important part…they’re no sew cushion covers. I just used “Fabric Fuse”! You can get it at any fabric store.

We recently went to a farm for a picnic and of course…it started raining! We still enjoyed ourselves but things got a little muddy. The inside of the car was a mess! I was dreading having to clean everything. Today was a sunny day so I thought I would just hose the shoes down on the driveway but it didn’t really work too well. There was still mud and grass stuck to the bottoms of the shoes. I used my hands a little bit but that was kind of gross! I tried a rag which just seemed to smear everything around. Then I remembered I had this rubba scrubba brush that I ordered from http://www.flylady.net

I scrubbed the shoes under running water and it was great because the rubba scrubba is gentle enough that I wasn’t worried about ruining the shoes and it did the job of getting the mud off. I would recommend having one (or 2 or 3 even) around the house. I think there are endless uses for it.